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Record spring dry spell in Sydney

While drizzle dampened large swathes of the Sydney Basin this morning, the city's rain gauge at Observatory Hill managed to evade any recordable rainfall.

A number of northern and western suburbs recorded rainfall during the 24 hours to 9am today, including 3.5mm at Belrose, 2.4mm at Terrey Hills, 1.6mm at Long Reef and 1.4mm at Penrith.

The smallest amount of rainfall Australia's rain gauges are able to record is 0.2mm. As drizzle is composed of very small water droplets that are less than 0.5mm in diameter, it usually fails to deliver enough water into the gauge and goes unregistered in official observations. However, drizzle is certainly noticeable if you get caught without an umbrella on the way to work.